a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Events, Livable Streets, Transportation on May 11th, 2009
There’s really no excuse for us not covering Bike Month NYC until the 11th. Except that we really didn’t cover anything in May yet until today. (Long story–we’re working on it. Wanna intern?)
Well you’ve seen the thousands of posters around the city, no doubt. So here’s the link to know everything you possibly could want […]
Posted in Politics, Transportation on Mar 23rd, 2009
Expect huge fare hikes if the State Senate doesn’t act by the MTA’s Wednesday board meeting. Send a note to your state senator through LCV’s site now.
Posted in Efficiently, Transportation on Mar 18th, 2009
The ever-useful Regional Plan Association breaks down the politics of an MTA budget deal.
Posted in Transportation on Mar 9th, 2009
There’s still time to contact your state senator and make sure they’re going to battle for MTA funding. Here’s Streetfilms:
Transportation Alternatives collected nearly 1,000 letters from Queens transit riders who oppose the looming MTA fare hikes and service cuts. In the letters, straphangers urged their state senators to approve a plan that uses bridge toll […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Mar 1st, 2009
Courtesy of Streetsblog and the Livable Streets Network, here’s a nice interview/overview of how bus rapid transit might work on 1st and 2nd Avenue.
Now I’ve spent the past 5 years at least lobbying to anyone who’ll listen for 2nd Avenue Subway to get scrapped and replaced by a full 3-lane BRT corridor, alongside a pedestrian […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Feb 26th, 2009
Let’s go staight to Streetsblog for Bloomberg and Sadik-Khan’s “bold, transformative new vision for Broadway”:
New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled plans to pedestrianize a large swath of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan at a small briefing in City Hall this morning. Intended to improve motor vehicle traffic flow, enhance safety and provide more and […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Jan 30th, 2009
Unfortunately, it took the Chinatown tragedy to force the issue. Here’s Streetsblog on the laws:
Council Member John Liu’s Intro 631 cuts down the amount of time drivers are allowed to idle near schools from three minutes to one minute. A second bill, sponsored by David Yassky, expands enforcement power by allowing agents of the Department […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation, Urban Environment on Jan 29th, 2009
Most of my friends know that I’m rather obsessed with the idea of scrapping any 2nd avenue subway plans and creating a Curitiba-style bus rapid transit, paired with a long pedestrian mall.
File this Vision42 in that same cabinet. I love this idea, and will advocate for it with all I’ve got. The Times CityRoom has […]
Posted in Events, PlaNYC, Transportation on Jan 20th, 2009
Transportation Alternatives has a breakfast discussion next week that sounds great:
Setting the New Planning Agenda: Breakfast with “Down Under” Sustainability Expert Peter Newman
On January 26th, start your day with a lively and hopeful discussion with Peter Newman, Director of the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP), on how cities around the world are […]
Posted in Livable Streets, Transportation on Jan 8th, 2009
If you give two hoots–one hoot, even–about livable streets and cycling and safe, pedestrian friendly streets and so on and so forth, then probably the best way to contribute to the cause is to volunteer with Transportation Alternatives.
Transportation invited you to “T. A. Volunteer University” on Thursday, January 22 at 6:30pm.
Transportation says, “Become one of […]